UPDATED 14 April 2012


We have decided to take the plunge and up the loan during the build process and get a pool.

Here are some extracts of our drawings. What do you think?

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Love the pool. I envisage my pool looking the same just need to get some quotes and decide who to go with. I need to spin mine around but it will look pretty similar.

Love it

Congratulations!! Love the pool, fits in well with the house and backyard. Where is north in respect to your land? Who are you going to use to build your pool?

I have decided to log our progress with our pool. We do it with our homes... and the pool is another major expense...

So what has happened thus far...

We got quotes from key pool builders in Sydney and it came down to two N and BH.

BH won the deal. The pool design is the above drawing with provisions for heating, a creepy crawly type cleaner, pool blanket and fencing and 2 gates.

BH called us to advise we needed a Sydney Water Site Peg Out, through them it was $1200, but we managed to get one done for $350. So all good.

Pool has now been approved and we have been moved onto the construction team.

Once we have some more info I will post pics and progress

Meeting Construction Manager on Tuesday, did date will likely be 2 weeks from that meeting as long as the rain holds off.

927, we are also about to dig our pool, mark out today, dig Thursday, our design is very similar but we have the step design on the back wall, as our back fence is on an angle, our is a bit bigger I think 39000 litres.
We will do fencing ourselves what type of fence due you have?.
Oh and by the way BH is that blue haven? Will be interesting to compare the process, we are going with a small company.

After an interesting few weeks and change of pool supervisor we are back on track.

The pool has been marked out and pegged ready for digging next week! Formwork the same week and concrete on the following monday....

Your whole yard changes perspective once they mark it all out.

On the diagonal we have just under 10m of length to swim.

It looks a lot bigger than I expected which is great.

Hey we had our pool marked out today as well, with excavator booked for Monday, let's hope for good weather next week

Congrats Cass and Gogo .......hope the weather stays dry for you both. Look forward to seeing pics.

fingers crossed the skies stay blue.. I have had my fair share of rain over the build process so I just hope mother nature is kind this coming week.

Gogo congrats on another step forward!!!

Well the good news is that the guy doing the dig for the pool is very good at communication. He has called me 4 times in the last 48hrs to confirm times and location etc to dig our pool. Looking forward to seeing what it looks like tomorrow!!!!!

hope to have some good pics tomorrow!

We can compare pics of our digs!
Our steel fixer guy starts tomorrow apparently will take three days and then skimmer box and stuff then concrete booked for next Tuesday/Wednesday

How exciting, was your hole dug today or yesterday? Our concrete is booked in for next Monday

Mesh for Friday...

Our pool was dug on Monday, but apprently the steel fixer will take 3 days to get it perfect hence the concrete not being poured till a little later

They guys that dug the hole today were excellent. They were easy to deal with and very efficient and no fuss....

10/10 for stage 1!!!

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Here is a pic of the beginning of our pool... it looks a lot bigger than I expected...

Great news Cass! It's looking good

They are back and forming up pipework etc for pool.. will take two days.. concrete next week...

We are ready for the concrete. Plumbing was done today... (not in pic below)

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Looks like you might beat us Cass.
Our form work was finished today, inspection tomorrow, plumbing Wednesday, pour Thursday, well that's what the SS said, we have left two messages but he hasn't returned our call

Our pool gets concreted tomorrow.. very pleased with our new SS, he has managed to get the pool dug and ready for concrete in a week!!!!